When you got the laptop have you created a ‘Recovery disk’ using the USB thumb drive? In case if you have not created the Recovery disk, you may have to purchase the operating system disk or USB to install the operating system in your computer.
Hi Senthil, No. I am attempting to repair the Mini for a friend. They, like many typical users, didn't take the time to create backups for a recovery strategy should the worst befall them. When I got the Mini, it was already in dire straits, and I was unable to pull an image of the recovery partition off of the bad drive before it finally capitulated. I have been able to acquire recovery partitions of HP equipment from their website in the past, but Dell is proving to be most difficult in providing self-service support for its out-of-warranty equipment. I was hoping someone had pulled a .iso image of their recovery partition and made it available somewhere. While I have you, what would that Restore CD cost, and how long would it take to deliver? Thanks for your input. Kevin
Since you, mentioned that system is Out of Warranty, please contact the Out of Warranty department and their phone number is 1-800-288-4410 for United States only, you can purchase the USB stick with windows 7 installation, part number is VFH2C. This part number is for United States only, in case you’re from different region please let us know.
Right. Thanks. I figured this would be the boilerplate answer from Dell. And no mention of a price as I requested. Can't wait to hear how much this will cost my friend.
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Hi KevinOBWan,
When you got the laptop have you created a ‘Recovery disk’ using the USB thumb drive? In case if you have not created the Recovery disk, you may have to purchase the operating system disk or USB to install the operating system in your computer.
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Hi KevinOBWan,
Since you, mentioned that system is Out of Warranty, please contact the Out of Warranty department and their phone number is 1-800-288-4410 for United States only, you can purchase the USB stick with windows 7 installation, part number is VFH2C. This part number is for United States only, in case you’re from different region please let us know.
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October 23rd, 2012 15:00
Right. Thanks. I figured this would be the boilerplate answer from Dell. And no mention of a price as I requested. Can't wait to hear how much this will cost my friend.
Anyone else? Please?
Thanks in advance, again.
Kevin
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